Received University of California Faculty Fellowship enables travel to New York during summer Met Allan Stone, Allan Stone Gallery New York, NY

1962

Had one person show in New York, Wayne Thiebaud: Recent Paintings, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NYHad First one-person museum exhibition in San Francisco, CAIncluded in the group exhibition New Realists, Sydney Janis Gallery, New York, NY

1963

Began long association with Kathan Brown of Crown Point Press, Oakland (later moved to San Francisco)

1965

Portfolio of etchings, Delights, published by Crown Point Press, Oakland, CA

Appointed thirty-first Faculty Research Lecturer, University of California, Davis, CA, and honoured with Golden Apple Award for distinguished teaching at U.C. DavisReceived honourary doctorate, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CAEstablished second home in San Francisco, CA

1976

Began weekly drawing sessions in San Francisco with group of Bay Area artists including Mark Adams, Theophilus Brown, Gordon Cook, and Beth Van Hoesen

1981

Received citation from College Art Association of America as Most Distinguished Studio Teacher of the Year (1980-81)

1983

Received honorary doctorate, Dickinson College, Carlisle, P.A. Traveled to Japan to work with traditional Japanese woodblock printers.

1984

Received special recognition award from National Association of Schools of Art and Design

1985

Elected to American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY

1986

Elected as Associate of National Academy of Design, New York, NY

1987

Advanced to Academician of the National Academy of Design, New York, NYReceived Cyril Magnin Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in the Arts, on behalf of San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, San Francisco, CAReceived Award of Honor for Distinguished Service in the Arts, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco, CAHonoree, American Academy of Achievement

1988

Received the prize for Teaching and Scholarly Achievement, University of California, Davis, CAReceived Honorary Doctorate Award from San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CAElected as Fellow to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Boston, MA

1990

Received Distinguished Service Award, California State University, Sacramento, CA

Received National Medal of Arts from President William Jefferson Clinton

1995

Received Distinguished Artists Achievement Award from the California Society of Printmakers, Berkeley, CA

1996

Received The Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts Award from the National Arts Club, New York, NYReceived Award of Excellence from the National Park Service for his illustrations in the 1995 edition of the book Yosemite and the Mariposa Grove: A Preliminary Report by Frederick Law Olmstead 1865

1997

Received honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from the Art Institute of Boston, and gives commencement address, Boston, MA

2000

Received Medal for Painting from the Skowhegen School of Painting and Sculpture, New York, NY

2001

Received Lifetime Achievement Award for Art from the American Academy of Design, New York, NY

2004

Received nomination for the Gold Medal for Graphic Art from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY